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Headmaster Leo Winkley's 'Letters from Shrewsbury'

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The latest in the Headmaster's series of 'Letters from Shrewsbury'. 'A letter to 'Dear Hope

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No. 48. 'Dear Hope' (21 September 2025)


Links to the Headmaster's earlier 'Letters from Shrewsbury' are published below:

No. 47: 'Dear Football' (11 December 2024)

No. 46: 'Dear Charles – on the origin of ‘On the Origin…’' (24 November 2024)

No. 45: 'Dear Hand-Written Thing (15 September 2024)

No. 44: 'Dear Mobile' (22 February 2024)

No. 43: 'Dear Kek' (08 February 2024)

No. 42: 'Dear Dr Gee' (17 January 2024)

No. 41: 'Dear Solon The Lawgiver' (18 October 2023)

No. 40: 'Dear Excuse' (05 October 2023)

No. 39: 'Dear Praepostor' (27 September 2023)

No. 38: 'Dear Invigilator' (21 May 2023)

No. 37: 'Dear TES Schools Awards 2023' (14 May 2023)

No. 36: 'Dear Sweden - on AI, Lagom and Fika' (28 April 2023)

No. 35: 'Dear Media Commentator on Independent Schools' (12 February 2023)

No. 34: 'Dear Misogynistic Influencer' (15 January 2023)

No. 33: 'Dear ChatGPT' (11 January 2023)

No. 32: 'Dear Reputation' (13 November 2022)

No. 31: 'Dear Independent State Education Partner' (09 October 2022)

No. 30: 'Dear 2022 Leaver' (07 July 2022)

No. 29: 'Dear New Education Secretary' (07 July 2022)

No. 28: 'Dear Ever-Changing Thing' (28 March 2022)

No. 27: 'Dear Jack' (2 May 2022)

No. 26: 'Dear 2022' (13 January 2022)

No. 25: 'Dear Wanderer' (2 November 2021)

No. 24: 'Dear Emma' (13 September 2021)

No. 23: 'Dear Gareth' (11 July 2021)

No. 22: 'Dear Pedestrian' (25 April 2021)

No. 21: 'Dear Three-Dimensional Learner' (28 March 2021)

No. 20: 'Dear Optimist' (27 January 2021)

No. 19: 'Dear Donald' (20 November 2020)

No. 18: 'Dear Ben Gone to the Sea' (25 October 2020)

No. 17: 'Dear Minister for Exams' (11 October 2020)

No. 16: 'Dear John on the Mainland' (7 October 2020)

No. 15: 'Dear Earth-Creeping Mind' (2 October 2020)

No. 14: 'Dear Dr Johnson' (27 September 2020)

No. 13: 'Dear Jeremiah' (4 September 2020)

No. 12: 'Dear Gavin' (16 August 2020)

No. 11: 'Dear Upper Sixth Leaver' (16 June 2020)

No. 10: 'Dear Myrtle and Maud' (2 June 2020)

No. 9: 'Dear Video-Conferencing App beginning with Z' (11 May 2020)

No. 8: 'Dear Cricket' (26 April 2020)

No. 7: 'Dear Candidate' (24 April 2020)

No. 6: 'Dear So' (29 March 2020)

No. 5: 'Dear School As We Disperse' (25 March 2020)

No. 4: 'Dear Mothering Sunday' (22 March 2020)

No. 3 'Dear Detectorist' (15 March 2020)

No. 2: 'Dear Gerald' (2 February 2020)

No. 1: 'Dear 2020' (9 January 2020)